The Athenaeum (Acadia University)
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The Athenaeum is the official student newspaper at Acadia University
in Wolfville, Nova Scotia
. It was founded in 1874, initially as a student literary magazine
. The Athenaeum continued in its original format until the 1940s, at which point it became a more traditional newspaper.
It has a circulation of 2,001 per issue to the Acadia campus and the community of Wolfville.
It is a member of Canadian University Press
, an association of student newspapers.
The Athenaneum website can be found at http://www.theasu.com/ath
The Editor in chief for 2011-2012 is Vanessa Gallant.
2009-10 - Tim Hansen
2008-09 - Fraser MacKinnon-Blair.
2007-08 - Lucas Timmons
2006-07 - Angela Wilson
2005-06 - Sarah O'Connor
2004-05 - Jon Flemming
2003-04 - Janice Hudson
Acadia University
Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level...
in Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
. It was founded in 1874, initially as a student literary magazine
Literary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
. The Athenaeum continued in its original format until the 1940s, at which point it became a more traditional newspaper.
It has a circulation of 2,001 per issue to the Acadia campus and the community of Wolfville.
It is a member of Canadian University Press
Canadian University Press
Canadian University Press is a non-profit co-operative and newswire service owned by almost 90 student newspapers at post-secondary schools in Canada. Founded in 1938, CUP is the oldest student newswire service in the world and the oldest national student organization in North America. Many...
, an association of student newspapers.
The Athenaneum website can be found at http://www.theasu.com/ath
The Editor in chief for 2011-2012 is Vanessa Gallant.
Past Editors-in-Chief
2010-11 - Angela Johnson2009-10 - Tim Hansen
2008-09 - Fraser MacKinnon-Blair.
2007-08 - Lucas Timmons
2006-07 - Angela Wilson
2005-06 - Sarah O'Connor
2004-05 - Jon Flemming
2003-04 - Janice Hudson